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September 2025 – June 2026Our 250 hour Yoga for Mental Health Teacher Training will deepen your own personal practice, enrich your understanding of all 8 limbs of yoga and give you the skills to teach yoga to others. Learn how yoga can help with stress, anxiety, depression and other mental health issues and how it can reduce symptoms and promote well-being.
In this specialized program, you will learn how to apply the tools of yoga to support mental health.
You Will Learn:
• Understand the interplay between yoga and mental health (embodiment vs. dissociation, window of tolerance, fight, flight,
freeze, fawn responses)
• Pranayama (breathwork) and mental health, using pranayama to address common mental health diagnosis
• The energetic and emotional impacts of foundational asanas and how physical movement helps process and release emotional and mental stress
• Learning how to observe and reframe thought patterns, non dual states, and matching meditation practices for mental health concerns
• Trauma-Informed yoga practices
• Holistic frameworks for mental health and practical integration
• Rid ourselves of habitual patterns, create a healthy balanced state, and restore energy
• Train the mood to become still, develop self-awareness, increase mental clarity, and decrease emotional reactivity
• Integrate intelligent use of vinyasa (breath-synchronized movement)
The Eight Limbs of Yoga
Yama (social ethics to live in harmony with others)
Niyama (personal ethics to live a balanced life)
Asana (postures to build strength and flexibility so energy can flow freely)
Pranayama (breath awareness and control to increase your vitality)
Pratyahara (internalizing the senses to reduce external distractions)
Dharana (developing concentration and focus)
Dhyana (sustaining our focus toward meditation)
Samadhi (Oneness)
Our philosophy is non-dogmatic. We offer a contemporary approach deeply rooted in the ancient wisdom of classical yoga. By immersing yourself in the study of yoga, you move toward becoming a balanced, whole individual deeply united with yourself and connected to others and the world we live in.
Who is this training for?
The specialized training is geared toward mental health professionals and anyone else interested in yoga to support optimal mental health.
Continuing Education for Mental Health Professionals
This specialized Yoga for Mental Health Teacher Training has applied for continuing education units with the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) and the National Association of Social Workers (NASW). Approval is pending.
Instructors
Tricia Fiske, E-RYT 500,YAECP, Level 3 Tantra Yoga Alchemy Instructor, has been a teacher since 1999. Yoga Practitioner at Torus Center for Integrative Healing.
April Waldrop, E-RYT 500, Yoga Therapy Student, Urban Zen Integrative Therapy practitioner. Yoga Practitioner at Torus Center for Integrative Healing.
The Torus Team – Jamie Kruse, LCSW; Chardyce Kott, LSW; Amy Hogan, E-RYT 500, MSW Student; April Waldrop, E-RYT 500, IATY Student; Tricia Fiske, E-RYT 500, YAECP, Level 3 Tantra Yoga Alchemy Instructor
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Torus Center for Integrative Healing, 123 Flinn St, Batavia, IL 60510-2471, United States
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